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Province

Province unveils new smart phone app

by Morinville News Staff

Edmonton – The province unveiled their new Alberta Rivers app Monday, a program that will provide advisories and information about Alberta’s lakes and rivers directly from the Alberta River Forecasting Centre…. […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Editorial – Time to get off the porch

For many of us the front porch or back deck is where we spend a lot of our disposable time during the summer. There’s beer to be drank, burgers to be flipped, and sunshine to be experienced. Some of us never make it that far into the sunlight, preferring to spend our time indoors in the air conditioning watching TV…. […]

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Columns

Dr. Oz Column: Deeper sleep without drugs

Skimping on shut-eye isn’t North America’s only sleep crisis. Many people turn in on time yet miss out on deep, refreshing slumber, and that’s one reason why 61 percent of women and 45 percent of men wake up feeling tired at least some of the time. Unfortunately, that lack of deep sleep leads to health issues that you worry about, that keep you up at night, that … well, you see the problem. […]

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Local Sports

Morinville sports shorts

Photos by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville Community High School hosted a track and field event at the shool for the second consecutive week, this one including Grade 7 and 8 students from Georges H. Primeau School as well as Grade 9 students from MCHS. … […]

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Local News

The week in photos

by Morinville News Staff

Another week of varied activities in Morinville. Here is a snapshot of what our camera lenses uncovered this past week. … […]

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Local Sports

Wolves cart away the medals

by Morinville News Staff

The 2014 MCHS Track & Field Team sent 30 athletes to the Zone Meet at Foote Field in Edmonton May 22 and returned with 22 medals. MCHS earned seven gold, 13 silver and six bronze medals in the qualifying meet for the Provincial Track Meet taking place in Calgary June 6 and 7. Fifteen MCHS students qualified for that meet. … […]

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Business

Champion takes second export award this year

by Stephen Dafoe

After winning the Alberta Chambers of Commerce Award of Distinction in the Export Category, Morinville’s Champion Petfoods once again finds
itself taking home another provincial award. The Alberta Export Awards presented the company with the Agricultural and Consumer Products division award Friday afternoon during a ceremony at the Westin Hotel in Edmonton. Champion was is the running with Green Prairie International Inc… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Town and Nait to collaborate on Little Egg Creek project again

The Town of Morinville in collaboration with the NAIT Sturgeon River Research Project is hosting a naturalization event on the banks of the Little Egg Creek in Morinville near Georges H. Primeau School on May 29 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. This successful collaboration began in 2013 and this year we hope to plant even more trees and shrubs than last year…. […]

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Local Sports

Legal athlete headed to world championships

by Morinville News Staff

Ottawa – Wheelchair Basketball Canada announced May 22 that Legal resident Arinn Young had been named to the Canadian Senior Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Team for the 2014 Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. Young replaces Erica Gavel, who is unable to compete due to injury, and will represent Canada at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto from June 20 to 28… […]

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Local News

Town and County taking next steps in regional collaboration

by Morinville News Staff

Morinville Mayor Lisa Holmes and Sturgeon County Mayor Tom Flynn are looking forward to a joint meeting of their respective Councils early next month that will have the two municipalities discussing the next steps in future cooperative planning… […]